Bookmarker



Mayl9, 1931.

E. DI TTMANNY BOOKMARKER Filed Sept. 6, 1930 Patented .May 19, 1931UNITED STATES EMIL DITTMANN, or non, GERMANY BOOKMARKER Applicationfiled September 6, 1930, Serial No. 480,159, and in GermanySeptembei'14, 1929.

This invention relates toa book-marker of the kind comprising a taperedtongue adapted to rest loosely on the leaves of the open book, to bedeflected by and to slip past overturned leaves, and then to drop backinto marking position, the tongue being ad justably connected to asupporting strip placed between the leaves and the book cover.

According to the invention the support- Fig. 3 is a sectional top Viewotthe bookmarker, and I Fig. 4 1s a sectlonal side new of the same. Thebookmarker comprises a supporting The cord or chain is preferably formedinto a loop which is passed through the slits c and apertures e andwhich engages the strip and tongue portions intermediatethereof. 7 v VThe cord may be elastic and fastened to the tongue and supporting stripso as to have a tendency to raise the tongue, thereby facilitating itsslipping. past the edges of the overturned leaves.

Iclaim; A book-marker of the character comprising a supporting striphaving an upturned end portion formed with parallel, longitudinal slits,a marking tongue formed near one end with apertures arranged at the samedistance apart as the slits of the supporting strip, and a connectingcord formed into a loop passing through said slits and apertures andengaging the strip and tongue portions intermediate thereof.

' EMIL DITTMANN.

strip at having an upturned end portion 1) which is formed with twoparallel, longitudinal slits c. The marking member con sistsof a tongued which is formed near one end with two apertures 6 arranged at the samedistance apart as the slits a. The tongue is held by a cordor chain fwhich engages in the apertures cand -slits '0 and which is adjustablealong the latter. v

The supporting stripa is arranged at the right-hand side of the book.between the leaves and the cover with the endportion b placed againstthe top edge ofv the book.

,The marking tongue d is placed loosely on V the top leaf of the openbook. As each leaf is turned over it automatically deflects the tonguewhich falls back into marking position on the new'leaf. The cord 7controls the tongue and slides down the slits 0 in proportion as theleaves are'turned over.

The tongue is made of transparent material so that the print can easilybe seen through it. The right hand edge of the tongue is rounded 0towards the free end as illustrated, so that itwill easily slip past theedges of the overturned leaves.

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